On the numerical dispersion of electromagnetic particle-in-cell code: finite grid instability

DOI10.1016/j.jcp.2015.05.037zbMath1349.76507arXiv1407.5253OpenAlexW1587338275MaRDI QIDQ2374606

M. D. Meyers, Yong Zeng, C.-K. Huang, B. J. Albright, S. A. Yi

Publication date: 5 December 2016

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.5253

zbMATH Keywords

numerical instabilityplasma simulationparticle-in-cellnumerical dispersion relationrelativistic plasma driftfinite grid instability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M20) Finite difference methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M06) Finite difference methods applied to problems in optics and electromagnetic theory (78M20) Statistical mechanics of plasmas (82D10) Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow (76X05) Probabilistic methods, particle methods, etc. for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M75)

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Uses Software

• OSIRIS

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